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Debian: CVE-2017-16137: node-debug -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 7, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

Solution

debian-upgrade-node-debug
Title
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